Newark High School Class of 2014 witnessed transformation

2:17 PM,
May 30, 2014

Written by

Doug Ute
Superintendent of Newark City Schools

This time of year is exciting for schools and students across the country, and it is no different in Newark. On Saturday, more than 300 Newark City Schools students walked across the stage and received their diplomas.

Newark High School's Class of 2014 was in eighth grade when I came to Newark. Ten years ago, they were in third grade when the Newark community approved the bond issue that has helped to transform this school district.

The school district as it exists today is far different than the one they entered into as kindergarteners, both physically and in terms of what happens inside the ...